Hunter Region

Police from Newcastle Local Area Command are appealing for information to locate a woman wanted by virtue of outstanding warrants. Charlotte Winter, aged 45, is currently wanted on two arrest warrants for breach of bond relating to traffic and break-in offences. She is described as being of Caucasian in appearance,…

Police have been conducting random drug testing this week in regional areas that’s revealed alarming trends amongst NSW drivers as Operation Saturation continues across the state. Operation Saturation – a high-visibility campaign focusing on driving down the road toll – was launched on Tuesday 9 June 2015 and will continue…

Police from four local area commands(LAC) within the Hunter region are joining forces in an operation to combat property theft, drug supply and other offences. Operation Quad LAC will involve police from Lake Macquarie, Newcastle City, Port Stephens and Central Hunter Special Operations Groups. The operation will run over the…

A police strike force investigating an aggravated break and enter upon a shopping centre in the state’s Hunter region in March have released an image of a utility linked to the incident. Strike Force Kirk, comprising detectives from the Property Crime Squad and Newcastle City Local Area Command, was established…

Police have arrested five men with links to the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) during an operation in the Hunter region today. The operation follows an investigation by officers from Central Hunter Local Area Command into alleged assaults at a licensed premises on Railway Street, Kurri Kurri, about 8pm on…

Three people have been charged following investigations into an armed robbery at Freeman’s Waterhole in the Lake Macquarie area last week. Shortly after 1am on Thursday 11 June 2015, two men and a woman entered a service station on Freeman’s Drive armed with a shortened firearm and a hammer and…

Police have charged a man with reckless wounding after an incident in the Hunter region overnight. Emergency services were called to a home in Kookaburra Parade, Woodbury, about 11.15pm yesterday (Saturday 20 June 2015). Police have been told a 27-year-old man who lives at the residence went outside to investigate…